Summer computer simulation conference

8-11 July 2012, Architecture Complex, Genoa University,Genoa, Italy

 

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SCSC ’12 Call for Papers

Modeling and Simulation of Inventory & Materials Management Systems

Workshop/Paper Track at the Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2012

(SCSC ‘12)

 

Chairs: Adriano Solis, York University, Canada

 

 

Track Description

The design, operation, and improvement of inventory and materials management systems present many challenges for both practitioners and researchers. The formulation of policies and controls for determining what levels of inventory should be maintained, as well as when and in what quantities replenishments should be made, is made complex by a multitude of factors that occur in a manufacturing or service organization and its supply chain. Likewise, amongst others, the application of automation in warehousing and in-plant materials handling presents significant opportunities for the application of M&S.

 

This track offers the possibility for researchers in the academic, manufacturing/service, and public sectors to present findings on many aspects of or concerns in inventory and materials management systems, including (but certainly not limited to):

 

· Multi-item/multi-location/multi-echelon inventory systems

· Stochastic and/or erratic/intermittent demand

· Deteriorating inventory

· Time series forecasting in demand management and inventory control 

· Managing inventories in reverse logistics systems

· Automated warehousing/materials handling systems 

· Optimisation in materials handling systems

· Evaluation of pallet management alternatives

  

Authors are invited to submit abstracts or full papers by February 1, 2012. Only original papers, written in English, which have not been previously published elsewhere will be accepted.

 

Authors must strictly follow SCSC guidelines for paper submission.